Several ufological camps think UFO experiences are predominantly psychological creations rather than physical manifestations. So what, then, causes physical traces left by Close Encounters, if such are primarily encounters of the mind? Well, Jose Caravaca isn’t claiming to know for sure, but he thinks the mechanism could be like that behind reports of anomalous physical […]

Three thoughtful articles here; one on the most iconic UFO case, another on a major theme in humanoid reports, and a third on the field of ufology in general. Rich Reynolds has “Roswell fatigue,” but he has to admit that a particular quality to that case is stunningly statistically unlikely as a hoax or other […]

Rich Reynolds focuses on the flawed work of controversial thinker Immanuel Velikovsky, as exemplified by Velikovsky’s “partiality for Venus,” that brightest “star” in the heavens next to the Sun. Rich suggests that certain ancient records of the planet were actually notations of something quite Other. Now Rich rejects the notion that the “UFOs” ancients may […]

Rich Reynolds makes some trenchant points about the state of and prospects for ufology as we approach 2019. Those of us who regard the ETH as a tenable possibility behind Who or What is driving those darn UFOs should consider what real difference would it make were that hypothesis proven, finally and without equivocation. Maybe […]

Rich Reynolds has been re-reading the story Betty Hill has told about her and husband Barney’s shared abduction experience. Rich has some qualms about the logical reality of certain details in the matter. Turning to another famous UFO abduction case, Calvin Parker: 2018 voices Rich’s appreciation for the reality of an anomalous event, speculates on […]

Noting a seeming decline in “red-blooded” UFO reports of late, Rich Reynolds opines that “the phenomenon has run its course.” No reader has, as of this reading, ventured to contradict Rich on this one. Does this lack of reply support Rich’s conclusion about UFO Funding Thwarted by Apathy? Rich sees specific and general evidence for […]

Ancient history and aliens get connected in many ways. Rich Reynolds is impressed by a chapter on the giant Talos in a new Princeton University Press book by Adrienne Mayor. Mayor’s mention of the Talos U.S. missile system set Rich to wondering whether any tests of that missile might have gone awry during the Roswell […]

Much in the way Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock literally shocked many in the early 1970s, Bill McKibben’s upcoming book Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? has gotten Rich Reynolds’ attention. Against the stark background of this and McKibben’s earlier The End of Nature, UFO studies (and just about anything else) appear […]

Nick Redfern has done it again, raves Rich Reynolds about Nick’s newest book, presenting “readers with material that they never knew or knew little about.” In this case, the subject is controversial (even for ufology) government involvement in reported alien abduction events. Rich’s recommendation has weight. Speaking of heavy matters, how about “Reality” itself? Rich […]

Those bemoaning the lack of new theoretical thought in the UFO field should grant Spanish ufologist-journalist Jose Antonio Caravaca some thoughtful consideration. Thus Rich Reynolds argues for Caravaca’s attempt at explaining UFO (and other) “Close Encounters.” Even those with fundamental reservations about elements of the “still being formulated” approach regard this a worthwhile effort. Rich’s […]